If your organization has outstanding work of news and feature writing, then consider submitting it to the Deborah Howell Award for Writing Excellence category in the 2018 ASNE Awards by 11:59 p.m. EST Tuesday, Jan. 30.

Support ASNE in your end-of-year giving

It has been an exciting year for ASNE. We are looking forward to an even greater year in 2018 as we continue to carry out our mission of strengthening leadership, protecting First Amendment rights, fighting for open government and freedom of the press, increasing diversity and promoting news literacy and innovation in professional journalism.

If your organization has outstanding work of editorial writing, then consider submitting it to the Burl Osborne Award for Editorial Leadership category in the 2018 ASNE Awards by 11:59 p.m. ESTTuesday, Jan. 30.

ASNE board elevates treasurer to secretary, elects new treasurer

Columbia, Mo. (Dec. 14, 2017) - The Board of Directors of the American Society of News Editors, during a board meeting on Tuesday, voted in favor of elevating the organization's current treasurer to the secretary position left vacant by Michael Oreskes' resignation and elected a board member to fill the resulting vacancy at the treasurer position.

Got best journalism? Submit your work by Jan. 30

The ASNE Awards, one of the few journalism contests in which news organizations of all sizes compete on equal footing, is accepting entries through11:59 p.m. EST Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018. Submit your best work of journalism for a chance to be recognized. Eight of the 10 awards come with a $2,500 cash prize thanks to our sponsors.

Consider charitable donations to ASNE Foundation

It has been an exciting year for ASNE. We are looking forward to an even greater year in 2018 as we continue to carry out our mission of strengthening leadership, protecting First Amendment rights, fighting for open government and freedom of the press, increasing diversity and promoting news literacy and innovation in professional journalism.

Consider charitable donations to ASNE Foundation

We received generous grants from the Democracy Fund and the Charles Koch Foundation to make our newsroom diversity survey more comprehensive and data-driven and to increase support for the Legal Hotline and other legal, educational resources for journalists.

We celebrated Sunshine Week 2017, March 12-18, with hundreds of individuals and organizations to promote the importance of open government and freedom of information. Sunshine Week 2018 will be March 11-17.

We hosted the ASNE-APME News Leadership Conference Oct. 8-11 in Washington, D.C. It attracted more than 300 attendees and drew rave reviews for its outstanding program and presenters. Next year, we're meeting Sept. 11-12 in Austin, Texas.

We launched the ASNE Expert Series, a live conversation with industry leaders on hot media topics, and hosted several sessions. We plan to continue to host discussions next year.